Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic is making a remarkable first impression. Its trailer at The Game Awards revealed very little besides our lightsaber-wielding protagonist and the crispest leather chair ever rendered (look at it below!), but the five words that chase the game's title card – "From game director Casey Hudson" – are by far the most important takeaway.
If you need a refresher: Casey Hudson is a BioWare veteran who served as project director for the Mass Effect trilogy and, more importantly, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. That's after cutting his teeth on Baldur's Gate 2 and Neverwinter Nights, two of the most influential RPGs ever made. That should inspire a lot of confidence. It certainly did for Lucasfilm Games, which must have greenlit Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic in the blink of an eye given it's being revealed just months after developer Arcanaut Studios was co-founded by Hudson. I'm cautiously excited.
